Nelly Furtado: Say it Right

Say It Right

Grammy award winner Nelly Furtado whom was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada grew into the music scene after spending countless summers with her mother cleaning houses. She turned to R&B artist like Mariah Carey, TLC, and Bel Biv Devoe. She also was exposed to rock artist like Radiohead, Oasis, the Verve, and U2 by sneaking into her older brother’s music collection. She became intrigued by music and deviled in playing the guitar and ukulele.

After high school she moved to Canada and worked by day and played in a hip-hop duo Nelstar at night. She let loose and began to merge all her styles of music together including Brazilian to create a funky sound.

Nelly’s third record, Loose, is another applause for this Portuguese-Candadian singer. She worked with producer Timbaland who definitely put his foot in this album. He laid down more than 60% percent of the tracks including Promiscuous, Maneater, any many more. One of Nelly’s latest single, Say it Right, was also produced by the hit making genius. They defenitely have a music chemistry that is undeniable.

Say it right starts sort of eerie with bass and drums and the tribal sounding voice of Timbaland. This is definitely a free flowing club hit. With lyrics like, “You either stand or you fall, When your will is broken, When it slips from your hand, When there's no time for joking, There's a hole in the plan” you cant help but sit back and think while you listen to the rhythmic drums and the dancing sounds of Nelly’s voice.

The video is also very basic which makes it a pleasure to watch. Now that a lot of videos look like movies...just to focus on Nelly, Timbaland and few dancers makes it easier to watch the video and pay attention to the lyrics.

In conclusion, if you do not already own the album, Loose, and you like more than two of her singles... why do you not have it? I rate this song a B++ BUT I give the beat an A!

Beyonce and Shakira: Beautiful Liar

Beautiful Liar

Beyonce will be re-releasing her B’day album on April 3rd. The album will include five new songs and six songs in Spanish. She teamed up with Shakira on her latest single, “Beautiful Liar”, on the re-release of “B’Day.” With two signature style voices like Beyonce and Shakira you can’t expect anything but a unique song from these divas.

Chuck Taylor from Rolling Style describes this song as an enterprising threading of an R&B rhythmic pulse and Latin horns, alongside fiery Middle Easter instrumental hooks.

The video is really what sales this song for me. If I had heard the song before I saw the video than I might not haven given this unexpected duet a fair shot. The video shows a sexy side of Shakira and Beyonce dancing like they would almost be twins.


Due to Beyonce’s light complexion and Shakira’s dark complexion the pair pull of this illusion very well. Their hair is styled the same and they dance and wear the same outfit in the second half of the video for a sexy treat. Beyonce can move her hips like Shakira and Shakira can shake that butt like Beyonce.

I give the video an A- for its creative and two beautiful women who know how to work it. The song on the either hand is very unique in it’s own right. For it to be two divas singing together…. they sing together not like they are competing and for that I give it B.

T-Pain: Buy U a Drank

T-pain

T-pain, the man in love with a stripper, is back. “Buy U a Drank”, his first single from his sophomore album “Epiphany” definitely is something you can bob your head to.

T- Pain is known for using a vocoder to make his voice unique and it seems to be working. This smooth R&B track is t-pain having a conversation with a woman at a bar. It does not have much depth or meaning but it is something that men in a club can relate to. Who hasn’t seen a man try to buy a women a drink in the club… after a few free drinks who knows what type of situation that woman can get in to.

This track also contains a feature from the platinum rapper Young Joc and with rhymes like, “Now were both bout tip sy, You say you in the mood , All i need is bout a hour , Better yet maybe two” you can’t help but visulize where this night be headed if he buys her a drink.

Charles Perez from Rolling Stone said, Mr. Pain has had a busy first quarter, already charting with R. Kelly's "I'm a Flirt" and Bow Wow's "Outta My System"—but now he's prepped for headlining glory, destined to follow previous top 10s "I'm Sprung" and "I'm in Luv (Wit a Stripper).” I must admit that I really thought T-pain was a joke when he first appeared in the music scene and know I can see that he is here to stay and I’m ok with that. He is entertaining and fun. I rate this song a B-.